WOW!

Playing in the Sandbox with Pink and Blue Sand that is almost completely all purple now. 

Princess/Fairy Day at the Gym 

At the gym not even planned her bestest bud dresses almost the same. 

At Swim School awaiting her coach playing in the wading pool 

With Coach Lindsay learning to Dive in the 10ft+ diving pool

At the Zoo with Grandma hanging with the Hippo's 

Not at all scared to touch what Daddy hates the most....notice how he puts her out there to touch the snake....lol  I love it. 

She could not get enough of brushing these guys at the petting area at the Zoo 

Getting ready to relax and go to bed, reading books with Grandma 

Being Daddy's little girl 

Mikayla's new indoor toy

Mommy and Daddy's new indoor toy

Once again not even planned...this time the same outfit on Beach Day at the Gym....one bought in NY the other in MO...was too funny and it was even funnier that both Oliva's mom and Mikayla's mom both wore pink and had Minnie Mouse on their shirts on that day.  Do you think we think alike or anything? 

Grandma and Mikayla at the Park feeding the Ducks...this one duck was even eatting out of Mikayla's hands. 

This one would be Streak 

This is Bother/Ian and Baby Bunny....Bother is the one hiding his/her face. 

Baby Birds not so little and this is the third set of babies in this nest....second set of doves 

Dove mommy #2 or same mommy as #1 we don't really know for sure.

That is all I can say, I'll say it again, WOW!  I can not believe it has taken this long for me to get this blog issue fixed.   I don't even know where to begin anymore.   I guess with my baby bunnies being last in the posts with pics I guess I will start with our wild life clan.   As you read, I am sure, we had the Robin nest and 3 babies which we watched grow and leave us, we also got to watch the dove that took over the nest when the Robin was gone and she had her 2 babies, we watched them grow and move on.   It does not end there,  once the nest was empty for the 2nd time, once again a dove or the same dove (unknown) came to rest there and have 2 babies also/again and just maybe 3 days or so ago one night while out with the boys I noticed the 2 babies on the roof of the house....I guess about to leave me empty nested again.  Sure enough come morning empty nest it was.  We are keeping the nest there and keeping our eyes open to see if anyone wants to rent it again.   In the meantime as you can see our baby bunnies are no longer babies.....we have Streak as he is my fav and mellowest, named for the small white streak on his head.  There is also My Bother or Ian after Olivia the Pigs brother as Bother the Bunny is very much a pain in the @*#.  My mother thinks this is the male of the bunch I beg to differ.   I still do not know the sex of any of them.   The other bunny I am sorry to say really has not been named.....mellow but not as much as Streak and no particular marking to make a name from, so for now its just Baby Bunny.  As for the boys, they are doing fine and still spoiled rotten as they've been.  Jake has picked up some bad barking habits from his menaces behind us and he is teaching Louie to do the same, not good, so we are working on combating that issue quickly, and as I finish up this post today, Thursday, I think Jake might have got the idea his barking will not be tolerated.  I guess tomorrow will tell for sure.   Louie had his 3rd birthday in July being same age as Mikayla now and Jake has his 2nd birthday coming in September.    Mikayla has started to claim Louie as her boy and mommy only gets Jake now, but that is okay, Louie still looks to mommy when Mikayla bothers him too much and he knows he can run to my room for a safe haven, although he seems to like to sleep in her room quite a bit lately.  Jake takes his stand and lets Mikayla know he won't take her bothering him but he is not going to run away either so he slobbers on her, making Jake my boy and not hers. 
As for Mikayla, she no longer attends Gymnastics and Swim School is over.   We have drained our pool and the play has been either indoors avoiding the heat or we have played in the sandbox or visited with friends or swam in the big pool at her school.   She has ridden the Carousel numerous times, along with the train.  We have been to the Botanical Gardens (now members) along with the Zoo.   Grandma came for a visit and left after having much fun at the Zoo, Big Carousel and other fun things.   Mikayla also visited the Magic House on a trip with FCC seeing some old and some new friends.   Her bed has been changed from a crib to toddler bed and she can't get enough of having a big girl bed.  Of course diapers, potty seats, booster seats and the like are all things of the past as she will tell you she is a big girl now.   She still continues to amaze me daily...with me having no sense of direction she can tell me how to get to her swim school or daddy's work already from all the landmarks she knows all to well, the lighthouse, Jake and Louie's Hotel, the curves in the road we say weeee as we go around and not to forget the choo choo tunnel or the place we see planes fly over so closely it looks like we can touch them.
We learned today that not only does she love shopping for shoes (mommy is not a shoe person) but she also loves earrings.   Every time she sees jewelry she says I love earrings.  We won't even mention how smart she is about more than she needs to know when you ask her what she wants to eat (when we want to eat out) she does not just say Tacos, Salad or Mac and Cheese, etc she will tell you she wants to go to the Olive Garden, Taco Bell or the Cheesecake Factory naming the Restaurant not the food she wants.  She is just getting way to smart.  She got the "Daddy Please" thing working really well and she still thinks she can do the same with mommy but still learning it does not work and never will.
Mikayla is signed up for Dance which includes Tap, Jazz and Ballet.  She was so excited and got even more thrilled when we bought her shoes and leotard.   She was supposed to start today but due to small class size they put us in on Saturday and if they get enough for Monday we will switch back to it, but until then she will go on Saturday, this coming Saturday being her first day.   She is also signed up for Private Swim Lessons with the same coach she had for her last two class semesters.  We just thought she seemed bored in the class setting and was not really interested in what the other class members were doing with the coach to watch so we thought for boredom's sake we would try the private lessons to see how that will go.
We are also getting ready to start on getting her back to learning her Mandarin while still keeping our ASL current.  We are also starting on more writing of her ABC's and 123's as she knows them but still don't care to write them.  Also, on the learning curve we have more word and math recognition going on as she is already doing some 1st grade level number and math work.   All in all we have been busy and pretty much stay that way.
As for G and I we are doing well and doing all we can to stay out of trouble and keep on the same page with Mikayla.   The Germany trip came and went and G traveled alone, Hawaii has been push back and back again not sure when that trip will come around....not holding my breath but I know it will come just in time.   I have been tossing around the idea of taking a trip with Mikayla with or without G, to Branson, NY, Texas or maybe Florida not sure which or when just thoughts being tossed around.   Of course Florida and Branson would be with G but the other two I know he would not mind missing but of course if he wanted to join us he would be more than welcome.

I think I pretty much got you covered for now so enjoy the blog once again and hopefully nothing else will go wrong.....at least not for a while.  I guess I was already wrong....the past few days I have been having internet issues and currently I am having problems putting my videos on so if there are none here or if they do not work I do apologize.  At least you got some pics to see and an update to read.   I will continue to try and keep you updated regularly.

Hit of the Day from the First Throw!

Petting the Stingrays with Daddy

Throwing Frisbee's into the crowd

Ringing the Bell